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Welcome to PdP Product Design Gala 2021 on May 21st

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From our partner Aalto Design Factory:

PRODUCT DESIGN GALA | FRIDAY 21.5.2021 at 9:00-17:00 (EEST)

This year’s gala will be organised as a digital only event. 10 prototypes will be showcased by the student teams. The online platform will open on the Monday 10th of May, while the gala itself will be held on Friday 21st of May.

What does this mean?

Well having the platform open well in advance allows visitors to see what presentations, project booths and other activities there are on the platform. You will be able to see all of our students, their profiles, their expertise and which project they belong to. This way visitors can preplan their Gala Day schedule have more effective use of their time.

Register here: https://aaltodf.typeform.com/to/XH531A5F

For 24 years, PDP has brought students of business, design, technology, and science together to tackle industry challenges and develop state of the art solutions to real industry problems. At the Product Design Gala 2021, you’ll get to witness and experience these awesome projects.

Lue loppuun →

Try Mindfulness meditation in Urban Mill at PDP Gala 4.9.2020

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Announcement for PDP Gala 2020 visitors from Urban Mill ecosystem actor network: Experience how mindfulness practices make difference in the state of your mind and learn how mindfulness can support your team.

MINDFULNESS SUPPORTING YOUR TEAM | FRIDAY 4.9.2020 at 11:00-13:00
4 different practices á 30 min: 11:00, 11:30, 12.00, 12:30
Urban Mill, Betonimiehenkuja 3E, Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland

An innovative mind and good communication work best when there is just a moderate amount of stress, when one feels him/herself safe. This is something that you can improve with mindfulness-meditations. You may practice these meditations privately or as a team.

Well experienced, professional mindfulness teacher Erja Lahdenperä, Helsinki Mindfulness will guide these meditations.

Fri 4.9.2020 – 4 different exercises

At 11.00 Body and breathing.
Calming down the nerve system, helping brains to become more open and observative. You might notice that you are finding solutions more easily.

At 11.30 Meditation of the sounds.
Opens the mind to observe the ”bigger picture”, perhaps also a different point of view.

At 12.00 Body and breathing with the difficult sensations in our body
One learns how to be with the problematic moments. Staying there calmly gives you an opportunity to notice the way out instead of pretending that the difficulty doesn’t exist.

At 12.30 Body scanning
Helps to calm down and to become close to yourself. Helps to improve emotional intelligence and gives a way to recognize the hints of intuition.

Be at the place in time because we will close the door when we start.

You may come only for one meditation or you may like to try them all.

Give yourself, your body, brains and heart this experience. You will notice the difference.

See you at PDP Gala!

Erja

Welcome to Product Design Gala @ Aalto Design Factory and Urban Mill on May 17th!

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PRODUCT DESIGN GALA | FRIDAY 17.5.2019 9:00-17:00
Aalto Design Factory & Urban Mill
Betonimiehenkuja 5C & 3E, Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland

pdp.fi/events/pdp-gala-2019

For 22 years PdP has brought students of engineering, design, and business together to tackle industry problems and develop state of the art solutions to real’life challenges. At the Final Product Design Gala you’ll get to witness and experience these awesome products.

So come and fall in love with the results of our interdisciplinary Product Development Project teams in the Product Design Gala on 17.5.19 at Aalto Design Factory & Urban Mill!

The 12 student teams from Aalto University and our partner universities have been working hard for the last 9 months, to complete their design challenges given by industrial companies and other collaborating parties. In the public exhibition, you will have a chance to hear about the teams’ accomplishments and process, as well as to get familiar with the people themselves together with their amazing prototypes.

This year the teams are sponsored by the following companies: AALTO INDUSTRIES, FMC, HAAPANIEMEN TIETOTEKNIIKKA, KAVO KERR, KONE, OMNIA AI, NOSE ACADEMY, PEXRAY, RAPALA, SAAB, TRENOX, WÄRTSILÄ. In addition, the Aalto teams have been collaborating with students from the following universities: Yonsei University in South Korea, Pace University in New York, Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Porto Polytechnic in Portugal, Riga Technical University in Latvia, University of Tartu in Estonia, University of São Paulo in Brazil, Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Warsaw University of Technology in Poland and ISDI Parsons in Mumbai.

Welcome!

All you need is Love, Design, Business, and Engineering!

You can find more information about the teams and their solutions also from PdP Gala 2019 Mobile Service: tag.urbanmill.org/tag/16974

Aalto Explorer Opens the Oceans for Everyone to Explore

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Aalto Explorer team members Henri Joona, Andrés Prieto, Manuel Rosales and Oskari Heikkilä. Photo by Annamari Tolonen/Aalto University.

Aalto University has published a fascinating story about Aalto Explorer which continues its underwater adventure through crowdfunding. The aim is to send a remote controlled underwater vehicle to the Baltic Sea in the summer.

Photo: Manuel Rosales/Aalto Explorer

“The vision of Aalto Explorer’s international team of over ten members is to develop a remote controlled and unmanned underwater vehicle, whose underwater journey can be monitored by people all around the world through a network application.“

The team operating in Urban Mill consists of the Aalto Industries company, students from the Aalto University Product Development Project (PdP) course, and other Aalto University students and alumni. The project has received a small amount of initial funding from a private investor, but the development team works mainly on a voluntary basis.

“The majority of the world’s seas have not been explored. Our goal is to allow people to see the beauty of the seas, learn new things and even find lost treasures. At the same time, we would like to draw attention to the state of the seas, says Aalto University master’s student Loi Tran, who is responsible for the project’s business concept.”

“Aalto Explorer originated in 2017 on the Aalto University Product Development Project (PdP) course as a student project, which was sponsored by the company Aalto Industries. A team of students from Aalto University and the Indian School of Design & Innovation built an underwater rover and its interface prototype.”

“The miracle of Otaniemi, inventor Oskari Heikkilä from Aalto Industries describes. I cannot think of another place where you could find a team of over ten experts to work on a voluntary basis aside their studies and jobs in order to create something entirely unprecedented. These people have a lot of courage.”

“The project’s continuation is planned to be financed by a crowdfunding campaign to be launched this summer. The objective is to raise one million euros. Aalto Explorer aims to embark on its journey in the Baltic Sea this year.”

Read the whole story on Aalto University’s web page:

In English: https://www.aalto.fi/news/aalto-explorer-wants-to-make-everyone-an-ocean-explorer

In Finnish: https://www.aalto.fi/fi/uutiset/aalto-explorer-haluaa-tehda-jokaisesta-merten-tutkimusmatkailijan

Welcome to Product Design Gala 2019 @ Aalto Design Factory & Urban Mill on May 17th!

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It is perfect time to mark PdP Gala 2019 to your calendar!

PRODUCT DESIGN GALA | FRIDAY 17.5.19 9:00-17:00
Aalto Design Factory & Urban Mill
Betonimiehenkuja 5C & 3, Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland

http://pdp.fi/events/pdp-gala-2019/

For 22 years PdP has brought students of engineering, design, and business together to tackle industry problems and develop state of the art solutions to real’life challenges. At the Final Product Design Gala you’ll get to witness and experience these awesome products.

So come and fall in love with the results of our interdisciplinary Product Development Project teams in the Product Design Gala on 17.5.19 at Aalto Design Factory & Urban Mill!

The 12 student teams from Aalto University and our partner universities have been working hard for the last 9 months, to complete their design challenges given by industrial companies and other collaborating parties. In the public exhibition, you will have a chance to hear about the teams’ accomplishments and process, as well as to get familiar with the people themselves together with their amazing prototypes.

This year the teams are sponsored by the following companies: AALTO INDUSTRIES, FMC, HAAPANIEMEN TIETOTEKNIIKKA, KAVO KERR, KONE, OMNIA AI, NOSE ACADEMY, PEXRAY, RAPALA, SAAB, TRENOX, WÄRTSILÄ. In addition, the Aalto teams have been collaborating with students from the following universities: Yonsei University in South Korea, Pace University in New York, Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Porto Polytechnic in Portugal, Riga Technical University in Latvia, University of Tartu in Estonia, University of São Paulo in Brazil, Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Warsaw University of Technology in Poland and ISDI Parsons in Mumbai.

Welcome!

All you need is Love, Design, Business, and Engineering!

Kahden Otaniemestä valmistuneen dippainssin häät ovat tietenkin Otaniemessä, ja niihin tarvitaan luonnollisestikin hallinosturia

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Meidät vihittiin 06.10.18 Otaniemen kappelissa, ja siitä siirryimme tilausbussilla pitämään cocktailtilaisuutta Urban Millille noin 65:n vieraan voimin. Urban Mill oli meille molemmille ennestään tuttu Product development Project -kurssigaalan esittelytilana, luentojen pitopaikkana, ja yhden iltajuhlankin olen siellä ehtinyt viettää.

Yhteistyö Urban Millin Larsin kanssa sujui varsin joustavasti. Saimme tuoda tilaan kaiken tarvittavan, ja järjestellä sen edellisenä päivänä, juhlia seuraavana, ja hakea tavaramme tilasta rauhassa viikonlopun jälkeen, kun olimme saaneet ensin hetken hengähtää ja toipua häistä.

Urban Mill tarjosi erittäin hyvät puitteet cocktailtilaisuudellemme. Tilaisuuteen sisältyi onnittelumaljoja, kuulumisten vaihtoa, pientä purtavaa ja vähän erikoisempi versio häävalssista. Meille oli merkitystä sillä, että tunsimme tilan ennestään, ja että se ei ollut kaukana vihkikappelista. Lisäksi tehdasmainen rouhea ympäristö soveltui hyvin teekkarimentaliteettiimme.

Cocktailtilaisuutemme kruunasi esitys, jolla korvasimme perinteisen häävalssin. Allekirjoittanut teki ilma-akrobatiaa kankaalla, joka saatiin kiinnitettyä ja nostettua hallinosturilla ylös luotettavasti. Tuore aviomies hoiti esityksen musiikkipuolen itse säveltämänsä pianovetoisen kappaleen voimin. Urban Milliltä siirryimme onnellisina kohti iltajuhlaa ja yhteistä elämää.

Haluamme kiittää, että saimme tilan käyttöömme tärkeänä päivänämme ja apua myös järjestelyihin!

Teksti: Kaisa Kulmavuori
Kuvat: Santtu Salminen

Tilojen käytön jäsenetuhintaan tarjosivat Urban Mill ja TEKin Uudenmaan aluetoimisto, jotka yhdessä pilotoivat uudenlaisia yhteisötilapalveluja Otaniemen alueella.

Welcome to Product Design Gala 2018 @ Aalto Design Factory and Urban Mill on May 18th!

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PRODUCT DESIGN GALA | FRIDAY 18.5.2018 9:00-17:00
Aalto Design Factory & Urban Mill
Betonimiehenkuja 5C & 3E, Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland
https://www.facebook.com/events/308564139672139

For 21 years PdP has brought students of engineering, design, and business together to tackle industry problems and develop state of the art solutions to real problems. At the Final Product Design Gala you’ll get to witness and experience these awesome products.

So come and fall in love with the results of our interdisciplinary Product Development Project teams in the Product Design Gala on 18.5. at Aalto Design Factory & Urban Mill!

The 12 student teams from Aalto University and our partner universities have been working hard for the last 8 months, to complete their design challenges given by industrial companies and other collaborating parties. In the public exhibition you will have a chance to hear about the teams’ accomplishments and process, as well as to get familiar with the people themselves together with their amazing prototypes.

This year the teams are sponsored by the following companies: AALTO EXPLORER, ABB, ERICSSON, KONE, KY, MURATA, ORTHEX, RESTEL, SAAB, SAFERA, TRENOX, and VALTRA. In addition, the Aalto teams have been collaborating with students from the following universities: Munich University of Applied Sciences, Pace University in New York, Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Porto Polytechnic, Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, University of Tartu, University of São Paulo, Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne,

For more details concerning the Gala and this year’s projects, please visit: http://pdp.fi/

You can find more information about the teams and their solutions also from PdP Gala 2018 Mobile Service: http://tag.urbanmill.org/tag/16952

Welcome!

 “All you need is Love, Design, Business, and Engineering.”

Welcome to Product Design Gala 2017 @ Aalto Design Factory and Urban Mill on May 19th!

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What: Product Design Gala 2017
When: 19.05.2017, the exhibition area is open 9-17
Where: Aalto Design Factory and Urban Mill, Betonimiehenkuja 3-5, Otaniemi, Espoo

The Product Design Gala is an annual event presenting the results of the interdisciplinary Product Development Project course in Aalto University.

For 20 years PdP has brought students of business, design, and engineering together to tackle industry problems and develop state of the art solutions to real problems. At the Final Product Design Gala you’ll get to witness and experience these awesome products.

The 16 student teams from Aalto University and our partner universities have been working hard for the whole year to complete their design challenges given by industrial companies and other collaborating parties. In the public exhibition you will have a chance to hear about the teams’ accomplishments and process, as well as to get familiar with the people themselves together with their amazing prototypes.

This year the teams are sponsored by such companies as: ABB Marine, Caruna, Fiskars, KONE, Konecranes, Lindström, NOKIA, … . In addition, the Aalto teams have been collaborating with students from universities in : Munich, New York, Philadelphia University, Porto, Stockholm, São Paulo, and more.

You can find more information about the teams and their solutions from PdP Gala 2017 Mobile Service here: http://tag.urbanmill.org/tag/16643

For more details concerning the Gala and this year’s projects, please visit: http://pdp.fi/

Go to the Gala event page in Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1796708737313410/

“All you need is Love, Design, Business, and Engineering.”

Invitation to PdP Product Design Gala @ Aalto Design Factory and Urban Mill on May 19th!

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Hello there,

It’s our great pleasure to invite you to the 20th year PdP Product Design Gala on May 19th. This will be a proud day to present and celebrate the many hours of hard work that the students have put in to develop their awesome products. So mark your calendar and come fall in love with the results of this year’s PdP course!

What: Product Design Gala
When: 19.05.2017, 9-17
Where: Aalto Design Factory and Urban Mill

We would highly appreciate it if you’d mark as going and share the event with your friends on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1796708737313410/

“All you need is Love, Design, Business, and Engineering.”

Eetu, Bijan, and Antti

Heads up for May 19: Product Design Gala 2017 at Aalto Design Factory & Urban Mill

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For anyone close to Europe, Scandinavia, Finland.

Cancel your meetings, close your laptops, leave everything behind

For further information, follow www.designfactory.aalto.fi , www.pdp.fi,

Facebook, #pdpgala2017

All we need is you, love, design, engineering, and business!

the PdP teaching team Eetu & Bijan & Antti